Granta Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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French Intifada
Andrew HusseyGranta BooksThis week has seen riots in France, in the wake of the police killing of a 17-year-old boy of Algerian origin. If you're interested in learning more about the political background to this tragedy, we'd recommend Andrew Hussey's THE FRENCH INTIFADA. https://t.co/I9irzZKLAp https://t.co/AyGRCqwG3G
Paperback, 2015
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Margo JeffersonGranta Books'A lithe and always surprising writer... [Jefferson] paints a remarkable portrait of herself as a singular kind of performer' CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM by Margo Jefferson is one of the best books for summer, according to @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2022/07/the-best-books-for-summer-2022-reading-holidays
Paperback, 2023
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life Ceremony: Stories
Sayaka MurataGranta BooksSayaka Murata has fans in the likes of Sally Rooney, Ruth Ozeki @ozekiland, and Elif Batuman @BananaKarenina LIFE CEREMONY is out now ✨ https://t.co/1Kg0LEdJvj https://t.co/fvEIgoZD5L
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Radetzky March: Introduction by Alan Bance
Joseph RothGranta BooksOut today in paperback - the first three in a series of reissues from highly prolific 20th century journalist and novelist, Joseph Roth. THE RADETZKY MARCH THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY DRINKER THE HOTEL YEARS Read about them all here https://t.co/vRixMiThV7 https://t.co/7letFvGz2s
Hardcover, 1996
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Unfolding
A. M. HomesGranta BooksHappy publication to THE UNFOLDING💫 This is A. M. Homes's highly-anticipated state-of-the-nation novel that explores the implosion of the American dream and the making of our current political moment. Out now https://t.co/Tb7z8rI60B https://t.co/uSW5CNksci
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
West
Carys DaviesGranta BooksWhile we're sad to see @aholgate leaving The Sunday Times as literary editor, it's great to see that he's chosen WEST by Carys Davies as one of his best books of the past 23 years ✨ He calls it 'magical... a haunting fable' https://t.co/YSGbcXWqxm
Paperback, 2019
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Seaplane on Final Approach
Rebecca RukeyserGranta BooksHappy publication to THE SEAPLANE ON FINAL APPROACH! ✈️ This is @RebeccaRukeyser's brilliant and sensual debut novel about desire, artifice and - most of all - sleaze, on a remote homestead in Alaska. https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-seaplane-on-final-approach/9781783786060 https://t.co/mfJfdWCOrw
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Men
Sandra NewmanGranta BooksFinally we have THE MEN, Sandra Newman's ‘dazzling work of speculative fiction’ (@ObsNewReview) that asks: what might we be prepared to give up to create a better world? https://t.co/ZfbmunVFpK https://t.co/1dOq5LE7Sv
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dope Girl
Sa'id SalaamGranta BooksNice to hear @marekkohn feature in a new episode of Stephen Fry's Secrets of the Roaring 20s podcast! DOPE GIRLS is recommended as further reading. You can listen here 🔊 https://t.co/GGo2NBnnDz
Paperback, 2020
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Amy BloomGranta BooksWe are THRILLED to see two of our non-fiction titles on this shortlist for @RathbonesFolio 🎉 IN LOVE by Amy Bloom and CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM by Margo Jefferson Read more about the shortlist here https://t.co/6B6y6FYgcp https://t.co/NKYvC9NOhX
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book